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    classed growths account for a third of the wine produced in Pessac-Léognan. Pessac-Léognan, France lies on the left bank of the Garonne. It is immediately...
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    L'Alouette Cap de Bos Magonty - Romainville Toctoucau Located on the Pessac-Léognan appellation, there are several wineries, including the oldest of the...
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    subregion. The area encompasses villages including Sauternes, Pessac, Talence, Léognan, Martillac, Saint-Morillon, and Portets. The name Graves derives...
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    in the Graves area of the Bordeaux county, known for its red wine (Pessac-Léognan appellation): Château Haut-Bailly Domaine de Chevalier Château de Fieuzal...
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    areas of AOC Moulis and Listrac. Graves includes the sub-regions of Pessac-Léognan and Sauternes (among others), and Sauternes in turn includes the sub-region...
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    Château Haut-Bailly is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red wine in the Classification of Graves...
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    aging. Dry and sweet white Bordeaux, including oak-aged examples from Pessac-Léognan and Graves, as well as some Loire wines from Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre...
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  • St-Emilion Grand Cru Larrivet-Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan Lascombes, Margaux Latour-Martillac, Pessac-Léognan Léoville-Poyferré, St-Julien Loudenne, Médoc...
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    both red and white wines, and all chateaux belong to the appellation Pessac-Léognan, which eventually came into effect on September 9, 1987. Regional wine...
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  • Domaine de Chevalier is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red and white wine in the Classification...
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    73251; -0.55857 Château Smith Haut Lafitte is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red wine in the Classification...
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    of Graves. Of the five first growths, it is the only wine with the Pessac-Léognan appellation and is in some sense the ancestor of a classification that...
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    was confirmed that Magrez had bought Château Le Sartre in Bordeaux's Pessac-Léognan. A multi-millionaire, Magrez made his fortune as the founder of the...
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    44.80571; -0.64683 Château Pape Clément is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red wine in the Classification...
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    Viticole de Pessac et Léognan from 1980 to 1987, and of Syndicat Viticole de Pessac-Léognan from 1987, he was instrumental in creating Pessac-Léognan as a separate...
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    -0.60565 Château la Mission Haut-Brion is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, classed among the Crus Classés in the Graves classification...
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  • She is known for producing wine from Sauvignon blanc grapes in the Pessac-Léognan style. Christine Barbe was born in Bordeaux, France. She attended the...
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    Château de Rochemorin is Bordeaux wine producer from the Pessac-Léognan appellation of Bordeaux. The château is located in the commune of Martillac. Château...
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    59779°W / 44.74791; -0.59779 Château Olivier is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés de Graves for red and dry...
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    Barsac Entre-Deux-Mers Fronsac Graves Haut-Médoc Margaux Médoc Pauillac Pessac-Léognan Pomerol Saint-Émilion Saint-Estèphe Saint-Julien Sauternes – Sauternes...
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    56894 Château Carbonnieux is a Bordeaux wine estate located in the Pessac-Léognan region of the Graves. The estate was one of the first estates included...
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    Malartic-Lagravière, originally Domaine de Lagravière, is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red and white wine in...
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    54842°W / 44.74680; -0.54842 Château Bouscaut is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red and dry white wine...
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  • of Cantine Lungarotti Winery André Lurton – instrumental in creating Pessac-Léognan as a separate appellation of Graves Bernard Magrez – French and global...
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  • 6053 Château Laville Haut-Brion was a Bordeaux dry white wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, which was ranked among the Crus Classés in the Classification...
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    unique characteristics in the different regions. In Saint-Estèphe and Pessac-Léognan, the grape develops more mineral flavours. Aromas of violets are a characteristic...
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  • premier cru Château Haut-Brion was changed in appellation from Graves to Pessac-Leognan to represent apparent changes in soil structure caused by the urbanisation...
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    Bordeaux wine producer from the Pessac-Léognan appellation of Bordeaux. The château is located in the commune of Léognan. It was owned by André Lurton from...
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    Tour-Martillac and known as Kressmann La Tour, is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, rated a Cru Classé (Classed Growth) in the 1953 Classification...
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  • Château La Tour Haut-Brion was a Bordeaux wine estate from the Pessac-Léognan appellation within Graves, and was ranked as a Cru Classé for red wine in...
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